Montrose Charter Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
MOBILE HOME/MANUFACTURED
HOME PARK DISTRICT MHP
§ 153.095 INTENT.
It is the purpose of the Mobile Home Park District to provide for the development of mobile home parks in appropriate locations and in accordance with the regulations established by the Michigan Mobile Home Commission (MMHC).
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 8.01)
§ 153.096 PERMITTED USES.
No structure, or part thereof, shall be erected, altered, or used and no land shall be used except for 1 or more of the following:
(A) Mobile home park developments subject to all minimum requirements and standards as established in the Mobile Home Commission Act, Public Act 96 of 1987, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.2301 through 125.2350 as amended, and all rules promulgated pursuant to Public Act 96 of 1987, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.2301 through 125.2350, as may be amended;
(B) Clubhouse, swimming pool, and recreation facilities for the use of park residents;
(C) Family day care homes;
(D) Accessory uses and structures, such as managers’ offices, laundry facilities, tool or storage sheds, and other services for the residents of the park;
(E) The park may display mobile homes and accessories for sale, provided the accessories are contained within a mobile home or an approved permanent structure. These sales are to permit the development of the park and are not intended to be a retail operation. The sales shall cease with the total development of the park;
(F) Only 1 mobile home, either occupied or for sale shall be allowed on each individual lot, within the park; and/or
(G) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 8.02)
§ 153.097 SPECIAL LAND USES.
(A) Group day care homes;
(B) Day care centers;
(C) Home occupations; and
(D) Accessory buildings, structures, and uses customarily incidental to the above special land uses.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 8.03)
§ 153.098 GENERAL SITE REGULATIONS.
(A) Lot size.
(1) The mobile home park shall be developed with sites averaging 5,000 square feet per mobile home unit.
(2) The 5,000 square feet for any 1 site may be reduced by 20%, provided that the individual site shall be equal to at least 4,400 square feet.
(3) For each square foot of land gained through the reduction of a site below 5,000 square feet, at least an equal amount of land shall be dedicated as open space, but in no case shall the open and distance requirements be less than that required under R 125.1946, and R 125.1941 and R 125.1944, Rules R 125.1941 and R 125.944, of the Michigan Administrative Code.
(B) Maximum heights. The maximum height of service buildings and permitted office structures shall be 2 stories or 25 feet.
(C) Access to public road. A mobile home park shall have direct access to a major public road by access roads, which shall be hard-surfaced.
(D) Paving. All internal roads and parking facilities shall be in compliance with AASHTO specifications referenced in Rule 922 of the Mobile Home Commission rules.
(E) Sidewalks. Concrete walks, not less than 3 feet wide and 4 inches thick, shall be installed in the mobile home park from the public entrance to all mobile home lots and to all required service facilities such as, but not limited to, central laundry, central parking and central recreation and park areas.
(F) Plumbing, electrical, and television.
(1) All electrical and telephone wiring shall be underground.
(2) The installation of all plumbing and electrical services to mobile home sites shall be in compliance with all applicable standards of the Mobile Home Commission.
(G) Floor space.
(1) There shall be not less than 720 square feet of floor space within each mobile home.
(2) The floor area of any porch, sun deck or other structure above the roof or outside the floor or walls of the mobile home shall not be counted as part of the 720-square foot minimum.
(H) Screening and greenbelt. When the mobile home park adjoins a site zoned or a site improved and used for single-family residential use, there shall be installed on the park site along the boundary line of the residential site screening or a greenbelt as required in §§ 153.315 through 153.322 below.
(I) Storage and skirting.
(1) There shall be no storage of any kind under a mobile home.
(2) Each like home shall be skirted within 90 days after being placed on the lot.
(J) Fences.
(1) All fences (other than the perimeter screening requirements) shall be uniform in height and shall be constructed and installed in a manner so as not to interfere with free access by firefighters to all sides of a mobile home, and shall not exceed 36 inches in height.
(2) Barbed wire shall not be used in any like fence.
(3) Two access gates shall be provided to all fenced areas pursuant to the requirements of the Mobile Home Commission.
(K) Storage.
(1) No personal property shall be stored outside or under any mobile home.
(2) Storage sheds may be used to store property, but need not be supplied by the owner of the mobile home development.
(3) Any storage sheds placed on individual mobile home sites shall be maintained in good condition and kept painted.
(4) Storage sheds shall be placed in side or rear yard areas.
(L) Site plan.
(1) In accordance with the Mobile Home Commission Act, Public Act 96 of 1987 §§ 11, 12, and 13, being M.C.L.A. §§ 125.2301 through 125.2350, as amended, a person desiring to develop a mobile home park shall submit a preliminary plan to the Township Planning Commission for review and approval.
(2) The preliminary plan shall include the location, general design and a general description of the project.
(3) The preliminary plan does not need to include detailed construction plans.
(M) Parking.
(1) A minimum of 2 parking spaces shall be provided for each mobile home site.
(2) A minimum of 1 parking space for every 3 mobile home sites shall be provided for visitor parking.
(3) Parking shall be located convenient to the area served.
(4) If boats, boat trailers and utility trailers are permitted to be parked in the mobile home park, adequate parking spaces shall be provided in a central or collective parking area.
(N) Smoke alarms. Smoke alarms and fire extinguishers shall be installed in each mobile home unit pursuant to the requirements of Rule 702(a) of the Mobile Home Commission.
(O) Water supply and sanitary system. Each mobile home occupied as a dwelling unit on a lot shall be connected with a water supply and sewage disposal system approved by the Michigan Department of Health.
(P) Fuel tanks. Individual fuel oil, liquid petroleum and other fuel tanks shall not be permitted. This does not preclude the use of central fuel systems.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 8.04)
§ 153.099 SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
These standards are only applicable if a site plan is required:
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 8.05)